Chris Hall
@hall-chris.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD @ University of Warwick. Interested in animal minds.
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
First lecture delivered today (somewhat unexpectedly). Very pleased it was on Strawson’s paper ‘Freedom & Resentment’.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
First lecture delivered today (somewhat unexpectedly). Very pleased it was on Strawson’s paper ‘Freedom & Resentment’.
My teaching tomorrow involves a brief detour through ‘ought’ implies ‘can’, and I’ve realised I’m not sure I could offer an explicit defence of the principle. Will be interesting to see if my students think one is needed or if they just find it intuitive.
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My teaching tomorrow involves a brief detour through ‘ought’ implies ‘can’, and I’ve realised I’m not sure I could offer an explicit defence of the principle. Will be interesting to see if my students think one is needed or if they just find it intuitive.
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Defended G. A. Cohen in a balloon debate today as part of Welcome Week in my department - took great restraint on my part not to attempt to recreate his impression of Ryle.
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Defended G. A. Cohen in a balloon debate today as part of Welcome Week in my department - took great restraint on my part not to attempt to recreate his impression of Ryle.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Hoping if I look at this for long enough it will erase all memory of the Ezra Klein article
Since it's clear I'm going to need to put in extra work to cleanse the current timeline, how about Diego Rivera's horny radishes? Rivera painted this quasi-Surrealist scene of radishes in erotic poses—"The Temptations of Saint Anthony"—in 1947, inspired by an annual Oaxacan radish-carving festival
September 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hoping if I look at this for long enough it will erase all memory of the Ezra Klein article
Useful test for the value of a ‘can AI do X’ article: how much of it is either (a) here is what senior executives at AI companies say or (b) here is what the AI told me.
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Useful test for the value of a ‘can AI do X’ article: how much of it is either (a) here is what senior executives at AI companies say or (b) here is what the AI told me.
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just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today
August 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today
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My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
Despite being strong, arguments for animal rights often fail to motivate. One reason for this is that rights are associated with concepts, such as respect, that are difficult to apply to nonhuman ani...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.